TED@NA: Angelicque White

An Ocean Biologist shares what ocean microbes reveal about the changing climate

Station Aloha, collecting data for decades on the biology, climatology, even physics of oceanic ecosystems

For peace of mind, I often turn to science when I have a moment to listen to a podcast. Many of the scientists giving voice to the voiceless have been working in their areas of expertise for decades, only now gaining traction with a wider audience. Better now than never.

Angelicque White is fairly unique in her ability to tell you a story both profound in its meaning but also understandable, digestible. She uses in some cases simple metaphors: likening our runaway consumption to a 40 year old woman eating like a young adult — there will be consequences ! — for example. Also, it gives me hope to know that scientists, talented committed humans, are still at work despite the current political and industry-funded tides running against them. They continue to tell the stories we must hear, clearly again and again, in order to be catalyzed to implement change at the scale necessary.

Have a great podcast to recommend? I’d love to hear about it.